“I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of aviation, of course.”
“If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation.”
“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If cavemen had known how to laugh, history would have been different.”
“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.”
“Had all the world been a school and Wilson its principal, he would have been the greatest statesman in history.”